‘to characterize this wickedness. It is
‘ tothe mu’rderer’s reward.
there is no honor; there is no mercy in this
abominable traffic. Combine all that there
is foul and fiend-like, in all the arts of seducci
tion and treachery. _of plunder rapine an
blood, when ‘we think of its wide-spread.
blasting. withering and eternal consequences
-—here is a cool, but deep and damning atrqi
city of wickedness that b--ggars it all. Sha
I hesitate when speaking—not of its legal
‘relations, but of its moral character.-10 call
it oppression ‘,7 cruelty ? tliieverjt/I? robbery ?
murder ? I know no term of gui.t too strong
III)‘
possible for tne to entertainadoubt.llialllmse
who in the full blaze of light perseveres
in this inipuitous traffic,-—when they go
to the ‘judgment of the Last Day Will 30'
The wealth of
._thg_un'merse shouldgnot hircgme to_ sta_nd be-
Werem dwellin a alace,s;thou¢rh its state-
Y 3 P . _ =.
ly columns showed afar,—-were it reared by
such means,——I should deem it only a splen-
as a State according to gentlemen’-‘i 378/“‘
ments. '
duce the pay of the Arm)’-
Mr. Choat-e took the floor, and will reply.
The house was engaged 09 We bl“ l° '°'
. Tucson, Feb. 18-
The morning hourhaving €XP“'°da MI‘
Choate rose to add reesthe Senate-
He commenced by referenceto'M|'-W°°d'
bury’s speech. 1fthe_nvers of Fexas ran
over Orient pealsaiid its trees bloctned with
vegetable gold-if it would work allthe m,ir-
acles claimed for it——if it was the paradise
thatsome represent it, still the Constitution
was against us. His answer to.all these ar-
guments was, How can [do this glee‘ 9"”
and sin against the Constitution?‘ ‘I_‘h_ere
ar_e inillioiis oppofigd E3. ,'...;3- b’l36d and coin
,t'I‘.;;'t't'-"t'i‘t’§,’ti'r‘{§“io'I-"‘},'1m 1-..rety' of the Union.
There were many millions that believed with
the eloquent Senator from Missouri. (Mr.
did ernblazonment of my shame. Were it I
that sold that poor perished victim his drums.
I should seem to hear his voice mingling its
wailings with the storms of 7 every bleak
-wintry night.
‘visage blackened and disfigured by tiiy hand
—and perishing in the snow.—-would never
fail to present itself to my vision. 3'3 Oflefi 35
my eyes were closed upon my pillow. Ev-
ery shaking of my easements would seem to
betoken the approach of the avenger of
-blood. And how dreadful it would be to
‘think of meeting that injurcd—murdercd
=man—before the bar of God.
But I cannot. I will not dwell any longer
‘uponthis dreadful theme. I wonder how
-the laws can slumber! I wonder how peo-
ple who do such things can dare to look an
injured community in the face! I wonder
why all who sell rum in defiance of law, do
not expect to be abhorred as men too s?ained
and polluted with guilt to be home with in
the society of people who have the feelings
-‘of human kind l May God forgive them,
‘and forgive the community that so snpinely
slumbers over the wrong. May God stir
up the people to measure to the fatal spot
where that dead body was found, and to see
to it, that our magistrates and jurors and cit-
izens, when another such a victim fallgpmay
be able to go down into the rough valley
‘with the sacrifice, and to say before God,
“ Oar hands [race not shed this blood. neither
have our eyes seen it. Be 771.e1‘Clffll, 0 Lord
--—and lay not innocent blood upon tliy peo-
ple’s c/Large.” But full well I know, that if
t'his\cotnmunity should ever assemble for
such a purgation, those who continue to
traffic in the poison will not be there.
CONGRESSIONAL.
MONDAY Feb. 17.
After some debate, the bill to permit the
South Carolina Rail Road Company to im-
port iron pipes, free of duty, for an atmos-
phcric Rail Road. was passed to be engross-
ed and was passed. ’
French Claims prior to 1800.—The bill
providing for the payment ofthese claimsof
our citizens. was_taken'up, and Mr.;McDuf-
fie commenced an aigunient against it.
He arguedthat the Government did all
that was required‘ of it to recover these claims
They were prosecuted even to a war. He
went into a history of the Convention of 18-
00. showing that the French Government
would not treat on the basis of indemnity,-
and that the only alternative was, to relin-
quish the claims or continue the war.
Mr. Archer interposed, before Mr. McD.
finished, and called up the order of the day.
Annetcation of Te:ca_s.—The Senate resu-
med the consideration of this subject,,and M r.
Woodbury took the floor and ‘spoke about
two hours. i
The Burden of the Report was, that new
States could not be admitted unless from ter-
ritory belonging to the Union at the time of
the adoption of the Constitution. On the
othcr hand, he contended tb If there was an
express power in the Constitution to admit
new states, even from territory not previous-
ly acquired by treaty. It was sought to bat-
ter down that express power by interpretation
and contraction, and implication.
By what authority did gentlemen say that
this measure assumed to ra-ify a treaty. We
uttempted by treaty, to annex territory, not
to admit a state. The two things were ‘to-
tally difi -rent. VVe_attempi.ed, by treaty. to
acquire the territory. expecting that Con-
gress would admit it as a state, under anoth-
er power. The treaty was rejected and was
repudiated in object and in details. It was
attempted to exercise another power —to cre-
ate Texas into a state of the Union, not to
purchase her territory. The measures were
different in forrri and in essence, The prop-
osition now before us left Texasin possession
of her do.'nain———-it did not all, likethe treaty
meddle with the territory.
It was complained. that the grant was in
few words. So the war making power was
in few words—only two words. The beauty
ofthat instrument was its brevity and terse-
ness—and it was easily understood. The
whole instrument was made, with few ex-
ceptions, with a view to foreign affairs. The
treaty making power. There was the only
foreign power. There was the powerto de.
clare war, to make loans abroad, to assent to
a compact by a state witba foreign power—...
to regulate foreign commerce-all the pow-
ers had an exterior operation —and yet it was
argued that nothing of an e:i:terz'or character
could be accomplished by legislation, and
only by treaty. This construction would
not only deprive Congress of the right to ad-
mit new States. but to make war, or regulate
TXW
The image ofth.-.t man—his P
Benton) that it was intended and calculated
to endanger the Union. He need not say in
opposition to the gentlerrfan’s speech from
New Hampshire that heiigreed with the re-
ort of the committee on Foreign Relations.
God help me, sir. Can we not agree in
our opinions on this subject .7 All acknowl-
edge the duty of us all to study and be gui
ded by the Constitution! All have not yet
tasted ofdeath who witnessed its adoptionand
we ought to be able to understand its provis-
ions.
I would not have made such haste to get
the floor, unbecoming to my years, but for
the reference tirade to a speech which I had
the honor to deliver in Secret Session on the
Treaty. Something that I then said has
been tormented into an argument for Annex-
ation. Idid not then and do not now be-
lieve thntany branch of Government can
annex Texas, neither treaty making, nor
congressional pow er. It belongs to otir.
masters, our masters the people. The Sen-
ator from New Hampshire said he took
ground with congrt ss against the President.
I take ground with our masters the people,
against both. I gowith the committee as
far as they go, and first rate company they
are. Would to God that we could travel to
the end ofour journey together.
Theoccasion is a fit one to speculate a
little on the question whether any branch of
Government or all branches together have
any right to annex us to any or all of the
nations of the earth, or whether the people
have retained it by a grasp that-‘ never has
let it go. The case is altogether different
from the case of Louisiana and Florida.—
Those were but parts of Territory; but Tex
as is an independent defacto nation 5!. the (jars-
tion is not one of acquisition of 'I‘erritory.but
one of union between two great nations.
The treaty-making power might act in
‘ such a case as Louisiana. but this is totally
different. The question is not now whether
we shall make a treaty for the b€Ut‘IIl of
commerce or for the sike of securing our
river navigation. but it is an act of union be-
tween two independent nat'ions—a marriage
for better for worse, for peace and war. You
change the living and rational existence of
you!’ nation,and make independent upjl differ.
enttnationseplaribus mtum. I say to’ the
Senatpfdfrom New Hampshire who stands
here so deinocraticallg, God wot, for the
congress, I stand against him and his Con-
gress for the People.
Before I open this boollr of the Constitu-
tion, let us stand at the period of 1787 and
look ‘up to the Constitution. Blending two
great nations together would have been so
strange a power that the men of ’87 would
have been astonished to have heard the doc-
trine hinted at. Had it been intended to have
annexed an independent nation, a provision
would have been made. Let us take a few
minutes to settle our clironomiters. not by
the sun, but by the fixed stars of that period
[ML Choate here went into a discussion of
the question whether the fathers of '87 con-
templated the adtnission of other nations]
For God's sake then, let us look to the
example of our fathers. I stand upon the
history of my country, and I say the inferen-
ces drawn from this period by the friends of
Annexation are wrong, totally wrong.
‘When we refer to the dissensions nhich
resulted in the Constitution. do you suppose
that such a proposition would have been en-
tertained for one minute? The centrifugal
and centripetal forces have made more than
the coronation anthem of our history. When
l look upon the history ofthese, trials of our
Union. [feel almost like reading a page of
Herodotus. in which you look down on the
bittle of Salamais and tremble and doubt
whether the battle of liberty is lost or won.
The Declaration of Independence is the
converse of the Annexation-—yet they must
be done by the same power. The one sev-
ers one into two States—the other makes two
States one, The one made a domestic colo-
ny a foreign nalion—-Annexation makes a
foreign State a domestic province. The peo-
ple declared their Independence at l\’let'ltlen-
burg in North Carolina, at Fort Moultrie in
the old Palmetto State. in the camp. at Fa-
neuil Hall. It was the piople that spoke in
these places. Theihunder of Independence
was buttlie voice of the people. It was not
Congress or treaty that declared our Inde-
pendence--it was their masters, the People.
The constitution is the will ofthe peop|e,and
yet you say you can add foreign nations of
people—you cannot change the will of the
people,but we can change the people that
make that will. For a confirmation ofthese
views he referred to the opinions of Mr. Van
Buren. Mr. Woodbury, and others on the
Panama Mission. _
Now let us open the Constitution and see
what it says. It is very explicit in saying
commerce, or make a foreign loan.
When an act could not be carried out by
legislation alone, then the treaty making
power was resortedto. Iri_case of commer-
cial stipulations, we regulated them by leg- _
islative'b,ody in’the foreign country. The
colonial trade with England is regulated by
mutual ‘legislation; but ifsbe refused to do
it by law, we should be compelled to do it
by treaty. The Zoll"Vereiri treaty was laid
on the table in this body. for_the' reason, in
part, that we could effect theobject by leg-
islati,-on, if we choose to"-do it all." The acts
on the subject ofcolonial trade with England
that Congress shall have power to ploclaim
Will‘. I0 lialura-lize every alien who may wish
to become a citizen with us, but not a word
of a power to ndmita whole nation of for-
eigners snd aliens. Where does it give" the
power to admitforeign States .7 '
With one single exception. down till ten,
months ago, the construction now attemptedi
to be given to the clause in the Constitution
admitting new States was not known. I
speak as‘a‘|awyer, and say never did‘ this
construction enter intothe head ofany law-
yer, with one single exception, sane or 'in-.
sane. sober or unsober.
No poet even. from
was just as unconstitutional as this measure. .l.oel Barlow up'or down. ever imagined such.
from the House for the admission of Texas athingi. The receipt for cooking the fish
in the cookery book always applied to lléiv
states. You mustbave the territory before
you can admit new States. .
The Senator from New Hampshire,l_irit'¢ilY
irreverently, had compared the Constitillwfl
to the Bible. Now stippose that §0!ll§._3d*
venturer who had a specific Obleci 1“ Vlefl‘
would give a new ineanipg -to some pi'_0ml°
nent text, to carry his object._ which nrjlllel‘
Jew nor Gentile, saint nor sinner, -bell,eV_9l‘
00,- unbeliever ever entertained before ;_-Willi
what a cacbination, to use one of Sidney
smitlfs expressions, would this new inter-
Mr. Pratt of N. Y. also defended the ap
propriation, and desired to proclaim it to thf.’
_world that thefirst vote taken in the House
“yesterday was that the sum $20,000 was re-
fused to make the White House inhabitable,
and the second was an appropriation of $87.
000 to purchase books for the members
themselves.
"The vote upon reconsideration W83 C3?‘
ried by a large vote.
The question recurring on the passage. of
the bill, the result was—yeas 75. nays 77
So the bill was again rejected. _
This vote was not announced until after
pretation be received. That text had been
read in millions ofchurches; ll lied been
lived upon and died upon; and netther«P0I_i9
Presbyter nor Bishop had ever. rdnuhip.‘-l "' °
. h {A _g.-...—..» such a meaning to
Q. In I I _
ffleallllltiy sir. with what scorn would this
pernicious novelty be received l . v
Congress may establish Post-Officesiand
Post Roads. It is not limited, and the-rtifore
unlimited ; and therefore we have a right to
establish Post Routes through Patagoniaand
other nations. The Senator from I’entlsyl-
vania (Mr. Buchanan) had paid on eloqient
tribute tothe Constitutioajust before maling
a violent (I will say unconstitutional) fltitélf
upon the Constitution itself, like the people
of old who hung garlands around the neck
and tippledthe horns with gold, and then
knocked the victim on the head. i '
5We say that this construction was not in
tended by the framers of the Constilutiorland
we put the burden of proofupon the other
side. I would take it in a Fourth of luly
orotion or an indifft:rent song, rather than
not have it all. ' ,
The opinion of Madison seemed to he fa-
tigued when he reached the Mississippi.,lHe
had no idea of any States being admited
from foreign territorry. His mind cguld
hardly grasp the whole of our own territiiry.
-.Vlaine was to spring out of Massachusetts.
Vermont out of New York. Kentucky cut
beutifnl mothe.rs‘—but he never tbougliuiof
foreign States being admitted.
Mr. Madison knew that it was better for
us to be guarded by rival n-ati-ons.lil~;e Greece
which rose to greatness by being surroun-
ded by hostile powers.
I want to add one thing to the alino-st per-
fect view ofthe argument by the Senator
from Virginia (Mr. Rives.) \’Ve know that
Governor Morris introduced a modified
phraseology into the Coristituti-oii. If we
‘know why be inserted the words. now in the
Constitution, we have solved the problem
He was torment:-d with an irlinsincracy and
hallucination -on his mind that the western
States would swallow tip the Atlantic States
alive. He (,‘/l r. Morris) said thatnetv slates
too easily admitted would ruin the old states
of the Union. VVnuld he have
nations? The old‘ articles of confederation
pl'0Vl(li'(.l for the ma-noer in which C:flfld=t
«night he aad=mi=tt~ed-.
merit upon which innovations are now'at-
tempted to be made. '
The Hon. gentleman from New-I-lamp
shire seemed to think that two-thirds wps no
as Sam Sliclz would s4iy_ so ,fin.;d_, :
more than one half. I presu-me theyfwil
find some (lilTt:‘l'CnCi"‘, and they. fuel it.
Before we adriiit new States
:them to send‘ d-elegatesand we keep them on
probation and watch over l'llPfll till they can
spell the words ‘Liberty’ and ‘Union’ with
ithe Union and plant them in the stairred sky
of our National banner. We. do so with ev-
the force and moral obligations of the cus-
come with citizen Paine at her fiend, witli a
haloon full of constitutions. so perfnini-d and
.stitution would have appeared nronarcliial
nd ari.=tocruiicnl, would we hive ad-mittctl
her? She sat down, in less than ttn years,
in the worst kind of iron despotism. 1
After a benutiful_peroration Mr. Chotite
sat down having spoken about two hours rind
:1 half. ‘
House If Represen.ta.ti1:cs.---M r. Pratt mo-
ved to suspend the rules to take "up the bill
for furnishing the President’s House in coyo-
mittee ofihe. Whole. Carried. [The bill
proposrs $20 000 for furnishing the White
House, and $8,000 for rep:rirs.] ‘ '9
Jr. Hudson proposed that none of lliis
appropriation should be expended in furnifh-
ing the White House with wines or oth.-r
liquors. Not agreed to.
An amt.-ndini nt was offered that none l:‘pt
American liquors and American segajs
should be used in furnishing the House.-;—
Lost.
The Committee then rose. The part iii
the bill in favor of American tiianufuctur s
prevailed: Yeas 84, Nays 78.
A motion to'l:iy the hill on the table wjs
lost: yeas 59, nays 8|. «_
The flrilll question was then put by v,."s
and trays;-‘-years 62, nays 70. So the Bil
was then tken tip.
An flffl('fl(ltft*'Dl. to increase the appropria-
tion for the Library from $2,000 to $5,00l
after a long discussion, was adopted,
The bill was under consideration till th.
House adjourned. '
‘F
\lVi:nivi5snn', Feb. 19.
The Senate l‘(‘SOlV€'(I, to-day, lo moet here-
after. at the early hour of ten o'clock, ir
stead of twelve, as heretofore, with the e.
p_ress view to afford more time for coach
ding the Texas discusszon and attending t
the Oregon bill. and the bill for adniittiog
Florida and Iowa, &c. t
Mr. Henderson. of Miss. spoke in sup]
port ofihe House resolutions, and Mr. Bar
VOW." Of La. against them.
The House adopted a resolution upon thel
readingofthe Journal to terminate the- dej
bate upon the Civil and Diplomat-ic Bill on,
Thursday next at 2 I’. M. ‘
_._._..‘
considered thefiite of“‘~yesterda-y upon thel.
‘I(')}0il:.S8 and $S0_p() for the grounds attnghed
He complained a good deal of the ultra
at-_.tions. of his friends yesterday, by \vhi¢h
the majorityhad refused to make the building
decent for the reception, ofthe guests of the
Pppsident, the people and the President ~him5l
3,, _ .
of Virginia——‘more beautiful daughters from ,
we permit
out staiiimering, and then we admit them to
cry Alien whom we naturaliztt‘. But if we
admit Texas, how do we know that she feels
toms and laws of our country .7‘ Had Fm Ce
ethert-a'i_z~~d and essenced that our own con-
Mr. Slid-ell, of La. asked leave to have rd,
bill appropriating $20,000 for the ~‘El-‘esident’s"'
long delay, more members voting after the
roll \\'as"(.*‘.'ii‘ll:-cl--»t!‘»:iii belore: and the close
vote making all doubtful of the result.
‘ The House went into Committre Oi ill?
Whole upon the Civil and Diplomatic Bill
The next an.....d....-..t..c-as a new effort of
some of the majority'to repair and refnrnisb
the President’s House. It was proposed
that six thousand dollars should be expended
for_re-pairs and fourteen thousand for furni
tore.
Mr. Stewart of Pa. desired that the amend
inent should specifiy American manufacture
and proposed this as an amendment.
Mr. Stew-rd and the House at’ one mo-
ment threatened to be involved in a regular
tariff discussion.
iiiitfee. ‘
The. committee rose. at four o’clock, and
after a vain effort to proceed to other busi-
ness, tbe House adjourned.
; 'I‘1iuitsnAt. Feb. 20.
-. The bill to provide for the payment of
‘Clt1lll|_.S of Aiiieric-an citizv-ns fiil‘ Frriich SP0‘
,liations prior to I800, was discussed to day
,it as imfoiindt-d origi.na|ly.:iiid as having long
gago lost all claim on the score of tquity by
ithe transfer of the claims, for a mere trifsle to
‘speculators.
Mr. Choate, in reply, mentioned that tlit’
ibilf didnot provide for the p~ilyl'l't+'l'-ll in lullrol‘
fatty but the original claims. The assignet-s
. were to receive only the amount which they
had piltl as the consideration for the claims.
The snbjiect was postponed. Mr. Beiityn
will debate it.
Senate that he deems it incompatible with
the public interests to comply with their re-
uest by coiiiintiriicati-rig the instructions giv-
en to the American Min-is-ter in London on
‘lhie snbjtect of Oregon. He says. however
that he is happy to inform the Senateth:-it the
subject is still under amicable negotiation be-
twt-en the two powers. .' -
An importzant message relative to the slave
Trade and its extensive support from Briii.~'li
and American citiz nswas received and read
, . _ l‘”S‘i""d ‘and. ordered to be printed.
words giving power to admit States from all ,
A.n7ie:i:atio7i.—'l‘his subject was again ta-
ken up. Mr. Colq,-iitt. of Ga. spolreirr favor
ofthe measure. fan the course of his remarks
, _ _ _ This “'35 E'°'"P_'"".55'~'d he sa-id,— He professed to be a follower of
back in the adoption of that glorro-us instru-
Christ, at however great a distance, btit he
could not use the mantle of religion to
cover schemes ofambition or the‘gr-it-ificiitlon
of secfional hostility, or the promniienn of la-
natical philanthropy. The ‘Christian reli-
"gion arr‘o:-er in the trailers! pt*l'l(.E1i of the most
oppressive domestic bondage. Butdid‘Ctiii.-t
make war upon all the institutions which he
founrl around him .7 He sought to alleviate
the condition of liumanityfto soft:-n,a-nd not
to dissolve the bonds of the slave. He would
say nothing about the question of slavery in
the af=stmt-t,Lmt wascontent to stand uponthe
ramparts of the Constitution, and defend the
right ofihe southern people to their slaves as
property. It was not the people of the S. who
brought them here. and made them property.
It was done by the people of the East and
North who laid the foundation of their for-
tunes by the African slave trade, and by the
transportation to, and sale of slaves in the
South.
Mr. Simmons would pass over most of the
remit rks of the g» ntleman from G.-.-crgin for he
was from a part of the country \\‘lllCllCll.t'flSl]-
‘ed ll't‘t'(l=0m of religious sentiments, antl ifthe
‘gen-tleii-ran, professing. as he did himself. to
be a humble follower of Christ, entertninetl
differcntbotions from his. as to the precepts
of their religion, he was willing to trezitthem
with the utmost respect. The gentleman
had intiinatt-rl that those \\ ere guilty ofgross
hypocrisy who assailed the rights of proper-
ty nfthe South. But who had talked of the
rights ofihe people, or any portion of the
people of the Unittd Status? No one here.
We had heard arguments against the admis-
sion of a foreign people, with their institu-
tions, and it was of those for: ign instittitions
alone that we had spoken. Against institu-
tions protected bytlie Constitution he had
nothing to say; and it appenri-d_ to him that
a great variety oftopics, irritating a‘ d'whol-
.ly out of place, had been introduced in this
debate. -
Mr. Simmons went into a constitutional ar-
i-gument against the measure. »
The Senate adjourned, leaving Mr. S. the
floor for to-morrow.
The House was engaged on the Civil and
Diplomatic Bill. ~
Death by Jiimjxiitg or Falling from a
R00f.—,—-This morning a young Spariiard,
agid 24, a native of llavanna, and a student
in the medical college in this city, whose
name is Gonsalo Aldama. came to his deith
in a most singular and painful tnaiiner. He
had been flerullgcll for some two or three
days, and this morning ascending the roof of
his boarding house No. 59 Birclay street.
through the scuttle. with only his pantaloous
shirt and stockings on, he went to the dor-
mer window, laid down on the roof of it on
his back. kicked up his heels and getting to
the edge, jumped ofl——'a height of _60 feet-
and falling on the back of hislhead crush-d
it terribly, and almost instantly died‘. E]:-
was the son of ti wealthy Spaniard. "had an
abundance of money, and no cause can‘ be
ssigned forthe fatal act. The Coroner held
an inquest and the verdict was, death. by in-
gjuries received by jumping or falling from
the roof of the house No. 59. Barclay street,
upon-the pavement in front of said, house on
the 17th day of February, I845. when in a.
state of temporary mental derangement.
~ Jour. Com.
The New ‘Express Line’ to Albany has
adveiuised to run throughout the approach-
ing 2- ason for $1 the trip.
The auiendinent fin--lly prevailed in com;
‘in the Seniitt-‘, and Mc Duffie warm'y opposed ‘
()regnn.—The President has-informed the
‘Simons in the spring of IS43;
-The answer as above, ‘was reported to us at
-—-
Arrival of the Ilibernia.
he steamship -Hibernia. Calm R3'|‘l9._8i“
rived “Boston on Wednesday, bringing
London papers to Feb. 3d.-and Liv_eTP°”i ‘°
the 4th inst. They contain very little news.
Sir Charles Metcalfe has been made 8
Peer, under the title of Baron Metcalfe. _
We are sorry to say there is po intelli-
gence from the missing packet ships United
States and England.
The cotton market fluctuated btit Very
little after the dated received by the Roscius.
and closed rather brisk at the same prices as
in the middle of .I.lDllflT_V.
'I‘fi’e “Great Britain” steamship made an
experimental trip from Bristol to Lon don
starting on the 26th.
The British parliament was to open on
the 4th, and the members were of course in
attt ndance for the event.
5[‘hv consumption last se-son of Peruvian
and African guano was 60.000 tons. The
stock on hand at the beginning of the pres-
:-nt ye.ir was 39,000 tons.--The demand, it
is expected, will this year 9XCt'€(I 160,000 or
200,000 tons. Pric-..s are rising,
American Hops.—-Another result of th--
opt-ration of the new ta'iff has been seen. the
l.tst"few days it: the impzirtation of hops from
the United States. The samples h we been
pronounced. by competent judges, as quite-
equal in flavor and quality to any produced
‘in this country.
Eugene Sue has already commenced
another novel, to be called the Seven Car-
dinal Sins.’ which i-s,tio~ appear when the
‘Jew’ has ceased his wanderings. M. Size
gr‘l.$ the enormous sum of 584000 fora novel‘.
'l'/re Electric Tclr'gra.ph from Lonrlon to
Southampton and Gusport is completed, and
-I successful trial of its powers was mtde a
few days before the steamer left. Gosport‘
is di.-taint from London eighty eight miles.
Got-c2'7i.7ne7it of tlie Canarlw3i.—lt has been
currently report: t'l- lllttl. her Niajr-sly has been
graciously pleased to appoint Sir Henry
P.,tti.nger Governor G-t-ner-al of Canada, in
the place of Sir Charles Mo.-tcailfv, who is s-.‘~
riously indisposed.
From the Liverpool Times, of F c3-ruar_y‘4’t'/i
T/ie-' State ofzifairs at Tu./i.ali—VVe had
yesterday an interview with the Rev. Mr.
I-lowe, one of the missionaries of the Lon-
don Missionary Society, who has just ar-
rived in Liverpool. direct from Tahiti, which
island he left on the 27th of August, and
from him we have learnt the fallowirig par~
ticuln rs of the present state ofthat and oftlie
othi r islands ofihe Society G'roup:'— .
The whole popt'i.lation of Tahi i_ and the
other islands claimed by the French, were in
arms against them, and they were masters 0
nothing beyond what they occupied in Ta-
hiti itself. They could not move ti mile
from Ptipiti V;'ll.l1Uul being attacked by- the
[];][iiV(’S. who were dcteriirined to resist to the
l:tSl.
about 1000 men, and o-f the natives there
were. either in Tahiti or the adjoining
islands, from 4« to 5000 dett-rtiiined men in
urine, re-solved to resist them to- the last.
fallen in- attacking the strong position taken
by the natives of whom ._._ubnut .a . hundred
had lost their lives. Queen Pomar-e had re-
fused to have any thing to do with the
French.—She had joined her subjects in one
of the adjoining islands, and was determined
t.-itbt-r to live or die a Que--n.
AN I-NGENIOUS ROGUE.
The following details ofa piece of rogue-
ry lately practised in Paris, Slli‘p:t5_3t‘.5 i-n: inge-
nuity and wit, anything recorded in the an-
nals-ofthe fixing :.
‘An individual, well dressed. presented
himself at the shop ola female u be sold ready
made linen in one of the retired parts of Paris.
observed to her that she 3ppt‘fll't‘(l to keep a
large at:‘SUl'lllH‘lll. of geritl-n-i-ii-’s shirts.
‘Oi. yes, she had them of all tlescri-prions,
and vtery cheap.’
‘Pray, inzid-am,’ said he, ‘have you any
garments of u Sl-Il’ll'l'&ll' do-scrisp‘.ion and superi-
or quality for l8(llt’S .7’ l aiirabotttto be mar-
riud,:ind wish to inake my intended wife a
p-rest-n-t of three doz ii.’
‘Certainly. certainly, sir, I have some
which I am sure will suit you.’
And forthwith th-rve pi1f’Ct'l‘.~‘,I.‘ft(‘l) contain-
ing fl dozen, were t.‘Xl]ll)l.t'-‘l on the counter.
One was opened. and the stranger examined
ll. witli.muc.h attention; at last he slid; lam
afraid three are too short; thtn rfleflilflfl lost
for :1 l'Il(‘Hllr'[ll in thought, at the difficulty
which presented itself to his mind of asci-r
taining the precise size want:-d——an idea
seemed to strike him:
‘Madam,’ he s-id, ‘you are about the
height and size of the lady I shall shortly
m:irry——would it be asking too much nfynu
_to draw one of these over your dress .7’
‘N-it at all, I‘ll do it with a great deal of
pleasure.’
In a minute the good woman appeared in
- the body of the shop completely enveloped in
one.
The stringer looked at her, and stooped,
apparently to draw down the garment be-
hind her to its full length, in doing which,
he very adroitly fastvnetl her clothes to it
with a large pin.‘ She, supposing his exam-
ination finished, attempted to take it off again.
when. to her astonishment, she found l](’l'
'I.«‘he total French: force consisted of
A.lre.t_tly frotn 200 to 250i0ftl)v Freizvcli bad‘=
W‘
From the New Haven Herald q/'18!/z.
Potter’s Final Co7ifessio1t.—After much
prevarication and several attempts to impli-
cate others in the awful crime of which he
stands charged, Potter has made a final con-
fession, acknowledging himselfto be the sole-
perpetrator of the murder of Lucius P. Os-
born. entirely excluding all other persons-
from any participation in the dreadful deed.
'I‘he black man M’Guire, and the two young
men who had been taken up, and were
in confinenicht on Potter’s accusation. have
consequently been released, and t-xhonorater-ll
from all suspicion. By actlleltlg others Pot-
ter was in hopes to scret-n-.liitiiself. ht‘: btfing
finally overcome by the compunctious visi-
tings of conscience, he could no longer re.-isc
its power.‘ He m'ide'a full confession in the
presence of ll']"jflll0l' and prosecuting offi-
cers. ~
\
T/ie Suicide in Barclogj Slrcc(.— It is said‘
that-the young -Spaniard.‘ Ald.ima. who de-
stroyed himself on Monday morning,was the
sonyofthe wealthiest man in Havana. The-
Mirror says that he was ayoung man of fine
appearance, of an unhappy sensitive iia-lure.
excitable to phrenzy by what uould scarce-l'y
move a min of ordinary lt’(1'lpt’rillll€‘Ili. His
father had for son e time been set-king to
bring about young Ald.-ima's marriage withi
one young lady, while he was dc-vntt-dl-y atl-
tacht-tlt to another. and he left home in conse-
qruence, by his t'athei='s o-rd-er. The day be-
fore the conin-mission of the act, he iiect-ivt-d
harsh; l(‘ll.r'l'S from l‘l()ll‘.(’, under the‘ grief
caused by which, reason gave way.
7‘/re‘ Vlfrit’ of E'rro'r.——T’he Supreinc-Con rt
have granted the writ of t-rror prayed for in
ti e pl‘lll.l0n of Thotri.-is W. Dorr. The
Governor and filtiornt-y'Gvneial have been-
cited in be half of the Suite to appear on the
first Monday of DiCt'ful)('l' next, to hear the
qt-iesiion argued.
The eff ct of this will be merely to try’
the question whether the cbnsiittition and
laws of the United S'a!es have been violated’
by the action of this State in the trial of Dunn
for treason:
It will not be regretted by any that the
Supreme Court-are to hear and determine
this tr-utter. Wliarever may be their decis-
ion, Rhode Island will abi(ll- by it. We ftaii
notjthe rcsnlt.—-Proz.-itlenrc _Ti'a7iscri»pl'.
A National S/tame -At the Custom
House sale on the . l?6’h of Iuriiiairy. a case
of books, adresstd “ a— lcs Elats Uni‘: cl’
A‘merique," was bid off by a friend of ours at
a mere trifle, which. on exanrination. proved
to-be a present from the Fri-rich Chamberof
lDt-putiesto our Govt rnim Dl.St'(‘lll't'(l tl rough
the influence of Mr. Vatteninre, in Paiis,.
about which. so much was said at the time in-
t‘he newspapers.
This valuable prrsvnt has llrin-nine months
in the public store and at lasthas been sold for‘
storage, because I/ierc was no person to furi-
’ll.‘tL'7'(l it to l'Va.s/i.in.gton .-' The purchaser
will sell it, we believe, at a moderate advance:
Com Advertiser;
Cerztricl-Con of Fairiianl‘.-—'}'lle trial’ of
Fairbank, the Abolitionist, took plat-enl Lex-
ington. Ky. on the l3th inst. When ar-
raigned. he plead not guilty to the several in--
dictments found against him; but after the
jury were etnpannelled and sworn, that plea-
was withdrawn, and the plea of guilty cn--
tercd, by the desire ofihe prisoner. who tlircw
himself entirely npoii-the mercy of thejury‘.
Bo-ling allowed to make an address to flit?
jury in his own behalf, he avowed himself
an Abolitioni.-t, but plead the force 0ft'(lUCfl"
tion to ptillialu the Pnnrniily of his offence-;.
wliich‘ he tleclart-tl was more plain.to him on-
reflt-cttion, than lrerotnlore. He also saidl,
that! were he again fret‘, he would neither
countenance or aid the escape of slaves,
since he was convinced that although the
condition ofsome mirgh-t be a-riieliorated, many
were h ippier as they are, and that such it
course only tend.-rl to increase the misery
and‘ discontent ofthose who were left be-
hind. The jury sentenced him to five years?
confinement in the Pt-nitentiary on each of‘
the tl'itit'C indictments, making _/lftcen year"s
in all’; but the judgcnicnt' ofihe court was
not pronounced, as his couns~~l reserved for
argument the point, tvli- the-r he had anmmitv
ted more than one offence, nntfcnnsequently,
,wheth;e-r he should be sentenced to a sepa-
rate term of confinement on each separate in-
dictment. _
Mr. VVt-bster, says the gossip ofihe day,
has been made entirely easy in his pecuni-
ary circumstances by a- contribution of
$l00,000 tirade tip for him by the wt-altll-y"
men of Boston, to enable him‘ l'0‘ serve the-
public hereafter above the necessity of plead.-
iing law for u lfivirig.
Rot’. Joy H. Fairchild came vol'u:nta_rify-_
into the Municipal Court this fore-noon, and
had his indictments read to him. He gave
bail in tbe_sum of one thousand dollars for
his appearance, and his trial is assigned for
the 24th day of March next,
Boston Men: Journal, Saturday.
Right of Su_.flragc.—'l‘he Constitutional‘
Convention ofLouisiana hasdecidi-d in favor.
of a provision int c new Constitution ofthaf
clothes rose up with it. At this moment.
the fellow gl';rSpt‘(l the parcels and made off
with them. The poor woman hesitated to
folln\v—-made another attempt to divest her-
self ofihe sup rfluous cow-ring. but. falling
to do so, ran after him. So much time how
er, was lost, and so many boys collected
about her, at the novel appearance she pre-
sented, that she was soon compelled to return
to her shop,‘ and put up with the loss.
‘Texas Sir .7 Why it is a sort of Batney
Bay. It answers the purpose of a drain to
this country. I have a tLrain from my kitch-
en Sir, and I should just as soon my to turn
it through my parlor as think of bringing
Texas into the Union l !' So said Samuel
He will
hardly deny that he uttered these words or
their t~q,uival.ent,. when questioned by some of
the inquisitive voters of a neighboring town.
the time, and it was chalked down. with a
prophecy to this effect-—ifthe party go for
Texas, the Doctor will vote for the drain--.
all his present declarations to the contrary
Sttte, requiring naturalized citizens to reside:
in the State two years after they are naturi-
alz'zed,~before they can exercise the right of’:
suffrage.
Hon. John W. Jones, the present Speaker-
of the House of Representatives, has declined
in re-election. He was re-elected over Hon.
John M. Butts by only 33 majority. and this,
We do not floulitfwas given by foul voting.
The District (Ricbiiiorid. Chesterfield, &c.)
gave a decided Whig majority last:Fall,and
we trust it will now elect Mr. Botts triuin~
phantly. ‘ -
The Snow and the VVeat}i.er.—Under the-
mild weather of the last five‘ days, the snow
-has nearly all gone. Wheeled carriages
are again running. Though the river has.
risen three feet, they still cross the-ice with-.
loaded teams.—-Alban_1/ Argus Wednesday,-
A Mi//man's Opinion of an, Ed{tor.~,—"
Just as good as a dairy’. He sicims over:
matters and give us,-the cream of all. that is.
important. Nobody"‘ knows 'what- a-curd:
(occurred)-in the political world better their Z
notwitstanding.—-Britlgeport Standard.
he; no two whey: about that. *
Norwalk Chronicler